Volume 7: The Chamber of Secrets in Blackstone Mountain (Remastered) Chapter 13: War or Peace (3)
In addition to bringing huge benefits to Yu Bin, the change of power in the dungeon also provides a better environment for the entire player group, which may not be effective in the short term, but as the player's level increases, they will eventually feel it for themselves.
This benefit, which affects the entire player, is the bottomless abyss.
The Bottomless Abyss is not a fixed plane, in fact, it is a collection of countless planes, each of which may not exceed one-tenth of the area of the Entagri continent, but it seems to be surrounded by stars, attached to the Entagre world, and relies on the huge main plane to absorb nutrients from the void.
In fact, the entire Entagre world is not a simple planet, strictly speaking, it is more like a whole galaxy, the most large and stable main plane is located in the core of the world, in addition to the Entagre continent, the main plane is densely packed, like a pendant attached to the subspace on the continent.
Beyond the main plane, there are the star-dense secondary planes and semi-planes, the difference between the two is the laws and laws used to maintain existence, the former is not much different from the main plane, while the latter is very different.
Therefore, the sub-planes are very harmful to the inhabitants of the Entagri continent, and these sub-planes, due to their special environment, often become the interface between the main plane and the astral plane, such as the celestial plane and various elemental planes.
The half-plane is completely different, due to the completely different laws and laws, these half-planes are more similar to a vote of the main plane's subordinates, it is difficult for the inhabitants of the Entagre continent to enter these half-planes, and similarly, the independent worlds in these half-planes will also have a strong suppression of creatures from the outside world, which is caused by the fundamental conflict between different laws, unless this half-plane becomes a secondary plane for some reason, this plane suppression will gradually disappear.
The bottomless abyss is the collective name of those extremely dangerous half-planes, in these half-planes where the environment is harsh and worse than hell, all kinds of dangerous creatures and chaotic demons take this as their home, and they are always planning to invade the main plane, wanting to invade the rich and stable main plane, and avoid their home from being destroyed by the turmoil of the void outside the plane mask at some point.
However, the thick and sturdy plane mask of the main plane ruthlessly blocked these void refugees from the plane, except for some extremely powerful individuals, ordinary void creatures and chaotic demons could not pass through this layer of plane mask and enter the main plane.
In the history of the Entagre Continent, there have been many large-scale demonic invasions of the Bottomless Abyss. The earliest one was in the middle of the ancient era, the protracted battle of countless powerful ancient creatures greatly weakened the stability of the main plane, causing the chaos demons of the bottomless abyss to open a huge hole in the plane mask, and the chaos demons like waves swarmed in, almost destroying the entire Entagri continent, and finally, under the desperate resistance of the main plane creatures led by the ancient dragons, they paid an extremely heavy price, and finally expelled these chaos demons from the main plane, And it took a lot of effort to restore the stability of the plane mask and the main plane.
With the first time, there is naturally a second and third time, and in the first invasion, the chaotic demons who felt the richness and beauty of the main plane began to plan the next invasion, and soon, they found an opportunity.
The splendor of the Elven Empire has caused the continent of Entagri to fall into restlessness, and the elves who have mastered the power of magic are using this powerful power unrestrainedly for their own desires, no one is wary of the chaotic demons of the bottomless abyss, except for a small number of astrologers, no one cares whether the plane mask is intact or not, the elves believe that with the power they control, even the bottomless abyss will eventually surrender to their feet one day. With the collapse of the empire, the demons of chaos tempted some of the elves with evil intentions, and through the hands of these elves, a huge passage was opened from the inside of the main plane, and the second large-scale invasion of the bottomless abyss began.
The elven royal family, who originally still had the opportunity to reunite the elven empire, did not hesitate to give up their own interests when faced with the choice of race and the world, and led the last trace of the empire to expel these cruel and tyrannical chaotic demons from the Entagri continent.
And the most recent invasion happened nearly 10,000 years ago, this invasion was very abrupt, and even now, no one can find out the reason for the invasion at that time, only know that a large number of chaotic demons have suddenly sprung up from all parts of the continent, in order to defend the continent of Entagre, in order to clear these bottomless abyss demons, the two camps that were in the war at that time coincidentally chose a truce, and finally fought side by side in order to defend the continent.
With this successful resistance to the invasion of the Abyss, the founder of the Griffon Dynasty, Edred Griffin, once known as the Duke of the Griffon, stood out for his outstanding contributions, and after decades of hard work, the Grand Duchy on the Songura Plains finally swept the entire human world, forming the mighty Griffon Dynasty.
While constantly trying to directly invade the main plane, the Chaos Demons are also looking for a suitable springboard, compared to the elemental plane with a single law and the astral plane that is more similar to the void, the plane where the dungeon is located is obviously more in line with the requirements of the Chaos Demons of the Bottomless Abyss. After repeated attempts, the Chaos Demons finally succeeded in opening a stable spatial passage in the dungeon, and tried to use this springboard to realize their invasion plans.
In order to protect the dungeon, and also to protect the honor of being an ancient dragon since ancient times, the black dragon queen Sinestra stood up with the natives of the underground world without hesitation, and single-handedly blocked the bottomless abyss in the dungeon, and finally sealed the space passage.
It can be said that if the entire Entagri continent is a big house, then the two camps are the two tenants who live in the house, and many times, in order to occupy more space in the house, the two tenants will often fight. But the chaotic demons of the bottomless abyss are the underworld that tries to demolish the house, and when these underworlds break in, even if there is a big conflict between the tenants, they will unite first and drive out these underworlds who want to demolish the house.
Of course, having said all that, it still doesn't explain why the bottomless abyss is a good for players.
The reason lies in the bottomless abyss itself.
Due to the loose laws and laws of those half-planes, which are not as strict as those of the main plane, this makes these half-planes very easy to destroy due to the changes of the void, and at the same time, the environment in these half-planes is extremely harsh.
But again, because the environment is so dangerous, the chaotic demons that can survive in these half-planes are all powerful creatures, and it is impossible for weak beings to survive.
In the words of the players, the vast majority of the monsters on the Entagri continent are ordinary monsters, and only in some special places or dungeons will there be elite monsters, and whether they are ordinary monsters or elite monsters, the level is not high. And the monsters in the bottomless abyss are outright elite monsters, not only rare elite monsters, but also high levels and brainlessness.
It's good, it's powerful! What is a player? The player is a swarm of locusts who are not afraid of death! I'm not afraid that the monster is strong, I'm afraid that the monster is not strong enough, it's good to be strong, it's good to be elite, and it's better to be a rare elite, because that means more experience and better equipment!
In the face of the bottomless abyss, a "special copy" densely covered with high-level elite monsters, no player will want to let go of this kind of place that can let him gain a lot of experience, but it is very difficult to enter the bottomless abyss on the continent of Entagre, in order to prevent the invasion of the bottomless abyss, not only is the mask rigidly blocking the space passage to the bottomless abyss, but the NPCs will not sit idly by and watch the player talk to himself to open the portal to the bottomless abyss, even in the chaos camp, Opening the portal of the bottomless abyss without permission is also the biggest crime, as the so-called death penalty guarantee, the soul is not lost!
As a result, the dungeon is the best transit point for players to enter the bottomless abyss, especially since there is a solid spatial passage for players to take advantage of.
In the previous life, in the later stages of the game, in addition to participating in the faction war, there are also a large number of players who have entered the bottomless abyss to explore, trying to gain benefits from these half-planes, however, because the spider goddess Rose and the chaos demons of the bottomless abyss have an unspeakable agreement (Rose's divine kingdom is in the sixty-sixth layer of the bottomless abyss, saying that this dead spider and those chaotic demons have no legs, fools don't believe it), the entire dungeon is very unfriendly to players who want to enter the bottomless abyss, Not to mention logistical support for players, it's not bad if you don't end up in prison.
Now, because of Yu Bin, Rose has fallen, and Sinestella is in power, for the Black Dragon Queen, who has personally participated in several bottomless abyss invasions, the player's attack on the bottomless abyss is simply too much to her heart, and it is foreseeable that the future dungeon will become the most solid logistics base for players to explore the bottomless abyss.
As a result, more players will set their sights on the bottomless abyss, and faction wars will naturally become less attractive to players.
In fact, according to Yu Bin's personal experience, the more than ten years from the beginning of the game to the integration with reality in his previous life can be roughly divided into several stages, in the words of online games, similar to expansions.
Before the game first appeared and was fully opened, it can only be said that it was the closed beta stage, and at this stage, the situation in the entire Entagre continent was still very calm, and the major races of the two camps were burying their heads in each other because of the last camp war, and they didn't care about making trouble for each other.
And after the game is fully opened, even if it enters the open beta stage, as the number of players increases, the impact on the entire continent becomes more and more extensive, and turmoil slowly begins to appear.
In the previous life, the second year of the full opening can be said to be the time node of the beginning of the first expansion, the war in the barren land and the werewolf plague in the silver pine forest are the most important content of this expansion, and this period of time is also named after the werewolf disaster by players.
From the middle of the third year to the end of the fourth year, it is the second expansion, the resurrection of the Shahra Empire and the shadow turmoil of the dungeon, which is the main event of this time, which is called "the rebirth of ancient history" by players.
And from the fifth year onwards, it was time for the outbreak of the faction war, and the expansion pack, known as the "Land of War" by players, was officially launched, and the entire continent of Ntagri was plunged into a five-year war.
Finally, at the end of the eighth year, until the game and reality merged, the entire continent of Ntagre not only had to face a tragic faction war, but also suffered an invasion of the bottomless abyss, which players called "Abyss Invasion".
If the faction war is a gain and loss for the player, then the invasion of the bottomless abyss is really only a loss but not a gain. Those powerful Chaos Demons are completely different from the enemies players usually face, not only are they more dangerous, but they also cause more brutal and bloody damage to players.
Players who are killed by the Chaos Demon, not only the loss of soul energy is several times that of ordinary circumstances, but it is also very likely that the upper limit of soul energy will be directly reduced because the soul is devoured by the Chaos Demon, and more seriously, because the soul is polluted by the abyssal breath of the Chaos Demon, even after the players are resurrected, this pollution will be as difficult to remove as the appendage, which not only makes the player's soul more susceptible to injury, but also affects all aspects of the player, the strength is reduced, the character is not controlled, etc., making the players extremely painful.
In Yu Bin's opinion, if it weren't for the previous life in the late game, the invasion of chaotic demons caused a large number of players to choose passive defense for the safety of their lives, resulting in no significant improvement in the player's strength in those more than two years, after the game and reality were fused, the entire human race would not have faced such a huge crisis, and had to rely on the help of NPCs to establish the first human city after two years of reality fusion, and began to explore the new world.
Therefore, whether it is for the sake of profit or for the future of mankind, Yu Bin does not mind causing some trouble to those chaotic demons early, and the dungeon ruled by Rose cannot achieve Yu Bin's purpose, so letting Nessstra ascend to the throne early is naturally Yu Bin's only choice.